Vedder Price announced today the launch of a new office in Miami as part of its continued strategy to locate in markets where our clients expand, attract top legal talent and strengthen the firm’s core practice areas.

In launching the Miami office location, Vedder Price is well positioned to continue to serve South Florida client needs in its largest practices, Finance, M&A/Private Equity and Global Transportation Finance, while continuing to expand its Capital Markets footprint.

Vedder Price will be open for business and fully operational on January 5, 2023. 

“Our Miami office expansion aligns perfectly with our strategic plan,” said Vedder Price President and CEO Michael A. Nemeroff. “Our acclaimed national and international strengths in finance, M&A and global transportation finance work provide significant opportunities for the firm and its clients in Miami’s dynamic and vibrant business environment. Dozens of clients have already relocated to Miami or have established significant operational infrastructure in and around the city.”  

Additionally, the new office location and proximity to the greater Miami community will effectively serve as a gateway for the firm’s existing business relationships with aircraft financiers located in Latin America.

Veteran attorney Kenneth Gerasimovich will join the Miami office as a new Shareholder in the firm’s Finance & Transactions practice area. Gerasimovich joins the firm after spending the last 18 years as a Shareholder with Greenberg Traurig. Gerasimovich has extensive experience in his field and concentrates his practice on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, securities, SPAC business combinations and private equity investments. Gerasimovich will also provide the Miami office with significant experience in assisting clients with technology, health care and life sciences, manufacturing, real estate, energy and media-related matters.

In addition, several current Vedder Price attorneys, including Jennifer Durham King, Theresa Peyton and Daniel Barlin, will relocate to Florida and join the Miami office. King, a Shareholder, the firm’s Corporate Practice Area Leader and a member of Vedder Price’s Board of Directors, regularly represents issuers and underwriters in a broad range of transactions, including public and private debt and equity offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and capital planning and formation. Peyton, a Shareholder in the firm’s Global Transportation Finance team, has extensive experience in commercial and private aircraft finance and leasing matters, rolling stock and plane machinery equipment finance, and securities. Barlin, a Counsel and a member of the firm’s Global Transportation Finance team, is an experienced aviation attorney and focuses on assisting clients with commercial aircraft financing, operating and finance leasing, and the sale and purchase of aircraft-related matters.

The firm plans to expand its client offerings in Miami to include other key practices, including Government Investigations, Commercial Litigation, and Labor and Employment. The firm is currently recruiting attorneys to grow the Miami office.

The firm’s Miami office will be located at 600 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1500, Miami, FL 33131.

Vedder Price is pleased to announce that our Global Transportation Finance team and attorneys Bill Gibson and Ji Woon Kim, have again been recognized by Chambers Asia-Pacific in 2023 for the Aviation Finance practice in Singapore. In addition. Vedder Price has been recognized in a new category for 2023: Asia-Pacific Region.

• Asia-Pacific Region: Aviation: Finance – Band 4 
• Asia-Pacific Singapore: Aviation: Finance – Band 4
• Attorney Ranking: Bill Gibson – Band 4
• Attorney Ranking: Ji Woon Kim – Band 4

The Vedder Price Aviation Finance practice in Singapore received praise from clients who noted, “They are one of the best aviation legal counsels for dealing with global, complicated and recent issues. With timely advice from its globally extensive network, in addition to its accumulated intangibles and experience in the global aviation market, we were able to deal with many issues during the pandemic.”

Chambers and Partners is a notable resource for the legal profession and has built a reputation for in-depth, objective research. Chambers conducts thousands of interviews with lawyers and their clients worldwide to identify and rank the world’s best lawyers according to the criteria most valued by clients—such as technical knowledge, business acumen, prompt delivery and value. On the basis of this research, Chambers ranks both firms and individual attorneys around the world.

Click here to view the firm’s Chambers Asia-Pacific profile.

Vedder Price announced today the launch of a new office in Miami as part of its continued strategy to locate in markets where our clients expand, attract top legal talent and strengthen the firm’s core practice areas.

In launching the Miami office location, Vedder Price is well positioned to continue to serve South Florida client needs in its largest practices, Finance, M&A/Private Equity and Global Transportation Finance, while continuing to expand its Capital Markets footprint.

Vedder Price will be open for business and fully operational on January 5, 2023. 

“Our Miami office expansion aligns perfectly with our strategic plan,” said Vedder Price President and CEO Michael A. Nemeroff. “Our acclaimed national and international strengths in finance, M&A and global transportation finance work provide significant opportunities for the firm and its clients in Miami’s dynamic and vibrant business environment. Dozens of clients have already relocated to Miami or have established significant operational infrastructure in and around the city.”  

Additionally, the new office location and proximity to the greater Miami community will effectively serve as a gateway for the firm’s existing business relationships with aircraft financiers located in Latin America.

Veteran attorney Kenneth Gerasimovich will join the Miami office as a new Shareholder in the firm’s Finance & Transactions practice area. Gerasimovich joins the firm after spending the last 18 years as a Shareholder with Greenberg Traurig. Gerasimovich has extensive experience in his field and concentrates his practice on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, securities, SPAC business combinations and private equity investments. Gerasimovich will also provide the Miami office with significant experience in assisting clients with technology, health care and life sciences, manufacturing, real estate, energy and media-related matters.

In addition, several current Vedder Price attorneys, including Jennifer Durham King, Theresa Peyton and Daniel Barlin, will relocate to Florida and join the Miami office. King, a Shareholder, the firm’s Corporate Practice Area Leader and a member of Vedder Price’s Board of Directors, regularly represents issuers and underwriters in a broad range of transactions, including public and private debt and equity offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and capital planning and formation. Peyton, a Shareholder in the firm’s Global Transportation Finance team, has extensive experience in commercial and private aircraft finance and leasing matters, rolling stock and plane machinery equipment finance, and securities. Barlin, a Counsel and a member of the firm’s Global Transportation Finance team, is an experienced aviation attorney and focuses on assisting clients with commercial aircraft financing, operating and finance leasing, and the sale and purchase of aircraft-related matters.

The firm plans to expand its client offerings in Miami to include other key practices, including Government Investigations, Commercial Litigation, and Labor and Employment. The firm is currently recruiting attorneys to grow the Miami office.

The firm’s Miami office will be located at 600 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1500, Miami, FL 33131.

Vedder Price’s Global Transportation Finance team is pleased to announce that it has received Airline Economics 2023 Capital Markets Deal of the Year recognition in connection with the recent closing of MAST 2022-1’s commercial aircraft portfolio financing transaction.

The recognition was given as part of the Global Aviation 100 Deals of the Year awards that were recently announced in Dublin, Ireland.

“We are thrilled to receive this recognition from Airline Economics, and it’s an honor to be included among so many of our other esteemed colleagues this year,” said Geoff Kass, Chair, Vedder Price Global Transportation Finance team.

On this transaction, Vedder Price acted as New York legal counsel to the investors in the private placement of MAST 2022-1’s US$303.7 million structured aircraft portfolio notes.  The notes were secured by a portfolio of 15 commercial jet aircraft with 10 different lessees based in nine countries. Funds advised by Marathon Asset Management own the aircraft in the portfolio, while Airborne Capital Limited acts as servicer. Mizuho Securities acted as structuring agent and placement agent and Mizuho Bank, Ltd. provided the liquidity facility. 

“Vedder Price was very happy to provide legal advice on this transaction and delighted to assist the parties in achieving a successful closing, especially in light of the challenging dynamics we faced in the aviation capital markets during 2022,” said Shareholder Clay Thomas.

In addition to Clay Thomas, the Vedder Price legal team on the transaction was also led by shareholder Kevin MacLeod, with assistance from Shareholder Matthew Larvick and from Associates Jillian Greenwald and Samuel Esclavon. Geoff Kass acted as legal advisor to the liquidity facility provider.

Vedder Price attorneys Junaid Zubairi, Rachel Copenhaver and Brooke Conner from our Government Investigations and White Collar Defense group invite you to view an OnDemand Program with important updates regarding business entities’ (including public companies, private equity firms, broker-dealers and advisors) books and records obligations relating to off-channel communications, such as text messages and ephemeral messaging applications, and how to manage the use of personal devices for business purposes.

They provide an overview of recent regulatory enforcement activity regarding off-channel communications and key takeaways from public settlements and company disclosures. In addition, they provide an overview of best practices for organizations (both registered and unregistered) to follow and offer tips for avoiding future scrutiny by regulators or private litigants.

To watch the program in full, click here.

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Please join the Labor & Employment attorneys of Vedder Price for a roundtable discussion of current issues for employers, with particular focus for those with employees in New York and New Jersey.

Event Details

Thursday, June 15 | 8:30 - 11:00 a.m. (ET)

etc.venues |New York, New York
810 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10019

Breakfast provided.

This complimentary program is designed for in-house counsel and human resources professionals to offer you the opportunity to meet, network and share ideas with your peers from other organizations.

Agenda Topics

New York & New Jersey Updates: state and local law issues impacting employers, including discrimination and harassment, pay transparency requirements, electronic monitoring, whistleblower developments, freelancer protections and changes to the New Jersey WARN Act

FMLA, ADA & Additional Leave Issues: remote work requests and employees’ rights and employers’ considerations when managing FMLA, other leaves and ADA accommodations

Employee Benefits Update: SECURE Act 2.0 updates and the impact of the end of the Public Health Emergency

Remote Work Tax Implications: nexus and withholding tax issues on account of employees working remotely

CLE & HRCI Credit Pending

Vedder Price is an accredited CLE provider in California, Illinois and New York and, when possible, a sponsor in Florida, Texas and Virginia.

HRCI credit may be made available for some events.

Please join Vedder Price’s Intellectual Property group for a full-day complimentary seminar designed for in-house counsel. Topics will focus on real issues faced by IP holders, where attendees will leave with practical advice for protecting their intellectual property that they can begin to implement immediately.

Event Details

Wednesday, May 3 | 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (CT)

Vedder Price 15th Floor | Chicago, IL
222 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL 60601

Breakfast & Lunch Provided.
Cocktail Reception to follow.

Who should attend: This event is intended for in-house counsel and business professionals.

Program Topics

• IP Issues in Advertising
• Design Protection: Design Patents, Trade Dress and Copyright
• Protecting Your IP When Working with Others
• IP Due Diligence
• IP in the Metaverse

In-House Counsel Panel

Joining us for our In-House Counsel Panel: Creating a Corporate Culture of Innovation that Values IP will be:

Rekha Hanu | Senior IP Strategy Counsel of GE Healthcare

Brad Kalter | General Counsel for PureCycle Technologies

Dawn Phillips | Deputy General Counsel for Reynolds Consumer Products

CLE Credit Pending

Vedder Price is an accredited CLE provider in California, Illinois and New York; and, when possible, a sponsor in Florida, Texas and Virginia.